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H. W. BIST. GAR .GOUPLING.

N0. 498,190. Patented May 23, 1893.'

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HENRY WILLIAM RIST, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF.TO ELIZABETH KLOES, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,190, dated May 23,1893. Application tiled July 11, 1892. Renewed April 27, 1893. SerialNo. 472,126. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HENRY WILLIAM RIsr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFreight- Car Couplers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an improved attach.

ment for car couplers, and consists in a device for holding the couplerlinks in a horizontal position While coupling cars, and the inventionconsists in certain details of construction, and combination of parts aswill be fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carcoupler, showing my improved device for coupling cars partly in section.Fig. 2 is a plan view detached from the coupler. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of my improved device.

To construct a device in accordance with my invention I provide a box 1,having an opening formed in the direction of its length, and a slot 10in the upper face of the same. Secured within this box l, is a bar 2capable of moving in or out of the box, and limited in said movement byan upwardly projecting pin 9, passing through the slot 10. This bar 2isbacked by a spring 4., and provided with an upwardly extending frontportion 3 for the purpose of engaging with the coupler link 6.

coupling has been made the box 1 will drop to a position such as shownin dotted lines at Fig. l of the drawings, and the bar moved to itsnormal position by the action of the spring at the rear of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

Theherein described device for coupling cars, consisting of the box l,hinged beneath the draw head, and adapted to be operated vertically bymeans of a bent lever 7, a bar 2 having an upwardly extending portion 3operating in said box, a spring 4 at the back of the said bar, and ameans for limiting the movement of the said bar, all arranged andcombined for service, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix mysignaturethis 2d day of May, A. D. 1892.

HENRY WILLIAM RIST. [L. s]

In presence of- JAs. J. MOAFEE, JOSEPH CROWN.

